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Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 – October 1, 1993) was an American murder victim whose case garnered national media attention. On October 1, 1993, at age 12, she was kidnapped at knifepoint during a slumber party at her mother's home in Petaluma, California , and strangled to death.
On October 1, 1993, Polly Klaas and two friends were having a slumber party at her home in Petaluma, California. Around 10:30 p.m., an intoxicated Davis entered their bedroom carrying a knife from the Klaas' kitchen. He told the girls he was there to do no harm, and was only there for money.
The Polly Klaas Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity organization devoted to preventing crimes against children, assisting in the recovery of missing children, and lobbying for legislative assistance. The foundation was formed October 23, 1993, to search for Polly Klaas. Its executive director is Robert De Leo. [2]
Klaas was kidnapped from her home and later strangled. Her abductor's vehicle got stuck in the mud a few miles from Klaas' house. A local police officer pulled him out of the mud, but did not query his license number with the police computer system, nor did he hear the BOLO (be on the lookout) broadcast to all CHP radios reporting that Davis ...
Murder of Polly Klaas: Petaluma: 1993-10-01: 12-year-old kidnapped during a slumber party and later strangled by Richard Allen Davis [191] 41: Sara Kruzan: Riverside: 1994-03-09: Sexually trafficked at age 16, she shot and killed the surrogate father who was trafficking her, later became an anti-trafficking activist [192] [193] 42: Murder of ...
Murder of Polly Klaas; M. Murder of Roger Motley This page was last edited on 31 October 2023, at 05:45 (UTC). ...
Kidnapped and murdered 12-year-old Polly Klaas. 28 years, 148 days His criminal record fueled support for passage of California's "three-strikes law". Skylar Preciosa Deleon: Murder of Thomas and Jackie Hawks. 15 years, 265 days
Perpetrator of the 1993 Murder of Polly Klaas in which Davis kidnapped and killed the 12-year-old girl. [18] [19] Jon Dunkle: D30423 Murdered three boys in the 1980s. [20] Robert Mark Edwards: P11700 Murdered two women. [21] Pedro Espinoza AM7801 One of the perpetrators of the Murder of Jamiel Shaw II. [22] Wayne Adam Ford: F65748 Murdered 4 ...